The Independent Evaluation Group, an independent unit within the World Bank Group, has published a report titled ‚Improving Investment Climates: An Evaluation of World Bank Group Assistance‘. The report assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank Group in helping its member countries improve their investment climates for businesses. Investment promotion intermediaries will find this report … Weiterlesen
The Brasilia conference on 6-7 July gave additional momentum in the mobilisation of new sources for development finance. The meeting, organised by the government of Brazil, was attended by 40 countries and 20 non-governmental organisations and demonstrated that international support for an air-ticket tax is growing very fast. Only five months after the Paris conference … Weiterlesen
The Doha Development Agenda negotiations are to be suspended because gaps between key players remain too wide. Heads of delegations, speaking in aninformal meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee on 24 July 2006, agreed with WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy that this will be a setback for all members. However, 2006 is a chance for the … Weiterlesen
This publication is a product of a Task Force of GTZ’s network. It traces the metamorphosis of thinking in the enterprise development community and more specifically within GTZ over the last 10 years. It shows how an organization that embraces change is able to significantly contribute to the emergence of a new agenda based on … Weiterlesen
This secon edition of Comrades, Clients and Cousins by Gerhard Seibert analyses the course of political and economic changes in postcolonial São Tomé and Príncipe. The central issue of the book is towhich extent institutional changes based on externalmodels altered local patterns of political culture and of doing politics. In addition, it examines theoutcome of … Weiterlesen
Thailand , Sep 11 – Sep 15, 2006 / Action for Enterprise (AFE) Action for Enterprise (AFE) is offering a five-day training workshop that presents the latest methodologies and practice for designing subsector and value-chain programs that incorporate strategies for sustainable impact. Participants will learn how to design programs that result in market solutions to … Weiterlesen
Bamako, Mali, Oct 30 -Nov 2, 2006 / Training course by CGAP and UNCDF The training is specifically designed for development professionals, policy makers, and staff who work for international NGOs and investors who would benefit from a deeper understanding of microfinance. The course targets development and government specialists who focus on areas such as … Weiterlesen
The principle of good governance implies a good political framework, the rule of law and the responsible use of political power and public resources by the state. These are the most important factors to support a sustainable development and successfully combat poverty. Given the huge importance and topicality of the subject KfW Entwicklungsbank has put … Weiterlesen
Countries need appropriate institutions to sustain and consolidate the move to market-led growth. But which specific institutions will contribute to economic growth? What are the channels through which these institutions positively influence economic development?The empirical literature on economic growth has developed substantially over the past two decades, drawing on larger and richer databases and utilizing … Weiterlesen
South Africa : On 28 June 2006, the European Commission published a communication entitled ‘‘Towards an EU-South Africa Strategic Partnership’‘; this proposes a long-term framework for political cooperation between South Africa and the EU http://ec.europa.eu/comm/development/body/tmp_docs/com_2006_347_en.pdf#zoom=100